"I probably did a bunch of things wrong there…" he said on the call. And then before hanging up said, "keep me posted on if I'm still going to be employed or what's going on."

Ellingson's body was discovered 70 feet below the surface the following day. He had a blood alcohol content of .26 and traces of cocaine in his system, the Star reported.

New recording shows Missouri trooper was worried about his job, admitted to making mistakes in case of 20-year-old man Brandon Ellingson who fell off his boat during an arrest and drowned last year (KansasCityStarVideo)